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<DIV>I am sure there is confusion out there for all teachers. There appear to be contradictions. If the Government is right, then teachers at the end of this four years will have just kept up with inflation and they will again be worse off than the NSW teachers. Has anyone got better clarification than The Age or ABC which seem to be thoroughly confused?</DIV>
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<DIV>Mary Mason<BR>Director of Teaching and Learning<BR><BR>ph: (03) 52263157<BR>mob: 0402022012<BR><BR>>>> stephen@melbpc.org.au 6/05/2008 7:26 pm >>><BR>Victorian teachers to be nation's best-paid<BR><BR>Farrah Tomazin May 5, 2008 - 11:33AM<BR><<A href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2008/05/05/1209839508834.html">http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2008/05/05/1209839508834.html</A>><BR><BR>The education union has hailed a deal that will make Victorian teachers <BR>the highest-paid in the country as the best deal for its members in more <BR>than 25 years.<BR><BR>The agreement between the State Government and the Australian Education <BR>Union (AEU) resolves a 14-month industrial row, which included three <BR>statewide teachers' strikes and weeks of rolling half-day stoppages.<BR><BR>The unions had threatened to walk off the job from May 13 to 15, <BR>disrupting during the first national literacy and numeracy tests. The <BR>resolution of the industrial dispute means those tests are now likely to <BR>go ahead without disruption.<BR><BR>AEU Victorian branch president Mary Bluett said it was the best enterprise <BR>bargaining deal for teachers that she had seen in 25 years with the union.<BR><BR>11% rise for some<BR><BR>However, there appears to be some contention over the increases announced <BR>by Premier John Brumby and Education Minister Bronwyn Pike this morning.<BR><BR>The Government says the deal will equate to a 4.9% pay rise in the first <BR>year and 2.7% in the second and third years of the agreement.<BR><BR>But the union believes some of biggest beneficiaries of the deal will get <BR>between 8% and 11%.<BR><BR>"It's a complex arrangement, but the least any teacher is going to get out <BR>of this is somewhere between five and six per cent per annum,'' Ms Bluett <BR>said.<BR><BR>"This is the best outcome in terms of salary and career structure in my <BR>history as a union official of 25 years standing,'' Ms Bluett said.<BR><BR>Pupil-free days to stay<BR><BR>A key sticking point in negotiations was the issue of pupil-free days, <BR>which the Government had originally wanted to abolish.<BR><BR>Under the new deal, three pupil free training days will be brought to the <BR>start of the term and become professional training days and only one will <BR>be held mid-term, in a bid to minimise disruption to parents.<BR><BR>It also includes an exits strategy to remove disengage teachers from <BR>classroom and find them new jobs.<BR><BR>Secondary students will get an extra six days of tuition each year under <BR>the deal, Mr Brumby said, describing it as a win for students and teachers.<BR><BR>"A graduate teacher in Victoria currently earns $46,127 and under this <BR>agreement will become the highest-paid graduate teacher in the country <BR>earning $51,184, while an experienced classroom teacher will receive a <BR>$10,000 pay rise to $75,500."<BR><BR>Mr Brumby said the pay deal was consistent with the Government's wages <BR>policy of a 3.25% rise every year, plus increases off-set by service <BR>improvement.<BR><BR>State-by-state teacher salaries:<BR><BR>Maximum for a classroom teacher <BR><BR>Victoria - 2007: $65,414, 2008: $75,500<BR><BR>NSW - 2007: $72,454, 2008: $75,352<BR><BR>Queensland - 2007: $69,225, 2008: $71,994<BR><BR>South Australia - 2007: $68,422, 2008: $68,422<BR><BR>West Australia - 2007: $67,446, 2008: $71,206<BR><BR>ACT - 2007: $71,767, 2008: $74,279<BR><BR>Northern Territory: 2007: $70,047, 2008: $72,849<BR><BR><BR>Graduate Entry <BR><BR>Victoria - 2007: $46,127, 2008: $51,184<BR><BR>NSW - 2007: $49,050, 2008: $50,522<BR><BR>Queensland - 2007: $46,950, 2008: $48,829<BR><BR>South Australia - 2007: $49,605, 2008: $49,605<BR><BR>West Australia - 2007: $44,618, 2008: $45,733<BR><BR>ACT: 2007: $50,781, 2008: $50,781<BR><BR>Northern Territory: $49,944, 2008: $49,944<BR><BR>Source: Victorian Government <BR>--<BR><BR>Cheers people<BR>Stephen Loosley<BR>Victoria, Australia<BR>_______________________________________________<BR><A href="http://www.edulists.com.au/">http://www.edulists.com.au</A> - FAQ, resources, subscribe, unsubscribe<BR>VCE English Teachers' Mailing List kindly supported by<BR><A href="http://www.vate.org.au/">http://www.vate.org.au</A> - Victorian Association for the Teaching of English VATE and<BR><A href="http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vce/studies/english/index.html">http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vce/studies/english/index.html</A> - Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority <BR>-- <BR>Message protected by MailGuard: e-mail anti-virus, anti-spam and content filtering.<BR><A href="http://www.mailguard.com.au/tt">http://www.mailguard.com.au/tt</A><BR><BR>Click here to report this message as spam:<BR><A href="https://login.mailguard.com.au/report/1uYQ1L0W9G/2nw8flzYAXGAwspt41lAJ/0">https://login.mailguard.com.au/report/1uYQ1L0W9G/2nw8flzYAXGAwspt41lAJ/0</A><BR><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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